A defiant Jim Jordan held an early morning press conference on Friday and suggested he would stay in the speaker’s race in the face of mounting opposition.
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is forging ahead with his bid to become House speaker and suggested he intends to hold votes this weekend if he does not win on Friday.
Jordan’s office announced a Friday morning press conference late on Thursday night. House lawmakers are expected to hold a third round speaker vote later Friday morning after Jordan failed to clinch a majority of the chamber in two rounds of voting this week.
« Our plan this weekend is to get a speaker elected to the House of Representatives soon as possible, so we can help the American people, » Jordan told reporters.
Jordan called on Congress to « get to work » and cited the crisis in the Middle East as well as the looming government funding deadline on Nov.
